You don't think if the Hawks had a legit rim protector they would of won at least 2 vs the cavs? You don't think if the Celts had a legit rim protector that can stay out on the floor, we could of at least won 1 , 2 games. Make Lebron think twice before driving in and also prevent Tristan Thompson from grabbing as many O rebounds as he did
In turn if we had a Jamal Crawford, I'm not sure that would of made much of a difference.
The Hawks were lacking a couple of key ingredients against the Cavs -- a wing defender who could hope to check LeBron at all (b/c Carroll was injured) and any individual scorer who could punish the Cavs for using one of their most common and effective lineups.
A rim protector would have helped, I guess, but for my money when you have Al Horford and Paul Millsap, your frontcourt isn't the problem. The Hawks definitely could have used better big man depth (Scott, Muscala, and Antic aren't scaring anyone at the rim).
Still, give the Hawks a healthy Korver and Carroll and a couple of wing backups with size and reliable shooting -- say, for instance, Courtney Lee and Jared Dudley -- and I'd like their chances.
As for the Celtics, a rim protector wouldn't have helped them defend the perimeter any better, or hit open shots.
Replace Tyler Zeller with a guy like Greg Monroe or Brook Lopez, and Turner with Rudy Gay or Gordon Hayward, however, and I think the Celts could have won a couple games.